Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [coord] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her fingers stroked my balls and her lips slid on my penis and in a few minutes , free to call her what I wished , I pulled her down and mounted her . |
| 2 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
| 3 | It was sad to think that they had waited so long in England for this invasion of their homeland and after a few hours ashore so many of them had been killed or wounded , the dead now lying in a temporary grave in the corner of a Normandy orchard . |
| 4 | His parents had neglected this aspect of his upbringing , having largely abandoned their religion but for a few outer forms before he was born . |
| 5 | She could cancel her newspapers and for a few pence from a local jumble sale acquire an old-fashioned cookery book , and a heavy stew pot . |
| 6 | At first , her face burned and she was often defeated in her purpose but within a few weeks she was indistinguishable from the seasoned bargainers . |
| 7 | The pool water was working wonders on her ankle and after a few more minutes she tested its strength . |
| 8 | Each visit guaranteed he would leave behind some of his property and after a few weeks we 'd accumulated his record player , eight boxes of books and his Rupert Bear hot-water bottle . |
| 9 | He led me to his house and in a few minutes I had diagnosed the trouble — a flat battery . |
| 10 | Unable to stop paddling for fear of capsizing , Tony and I can not put on our anoraks and within a few minutes we are soaked by the freezing combination of sea and rain . |
| 11 | During the week ashore you meet your companions and after a few discreet words the lead crew sorts you out . |